Children with focal sharp waves: Clinical and genetic aspects

Epilepsia

Volumn 38, Issue 7, 1997, Pages 788-796

  Doose, H ^a,d   Brigger Heuer, B ^b   Neubauer, B ^c  

^a Epilepsy Research Unit   (Germany)

^b Epilepsy Center   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF KIEL   (Germany)

^d Epilepsy Center   (Germany)

Author keywords

Febrile convulsions; Focal sharp waves; Genetics; Partial epilepsy; Rolandic epilepsy

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BENIGN CHILDHOOD EPILEPSY; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; COMPLEX PARTIAL SEIZURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAM; FEBRILE CONVULSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEIZURE; SIBLING; SPIKE WAVE; TONIC CLONIC SEIZURE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGE OF ONSET; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ELECTROENCEPHALOGRAPHY; EPILEPSIES, PARTIAL; EPILEPSY, ROLANDIC; EPILEPSY, TONIC-CLONIC; FAMILY; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; SEIZURES, FEBRILE; SEX DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 0030744690     PISSN: 00139580     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1528-1157.1997.tb01466.x     Document Type: Article

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